<p>Upgrade <code>Debian:unstable</code> <code>bind9</code> to version 1:9.16.6-1 or higher.</p>

Improper Privilege Management Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.16.6-1

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2.44% (91^st percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BIND9-608013
published 21 Aug 2020
disclosed 21 Aug 2020

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Introduced: 21 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-8623 Open this link in a new tab CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable bind9 to version 1:9.16.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind9 package and not the bind9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In BIND 9.10.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker that can reach a vulnerable system with a specially crafted query packet can trigger a crash. To be vulnerable, the system must: * be running BIND that was built with "--enable-native-pkcs11" * be signing one or more zones with an RSA key * be able to receive queries from a possible attacker

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High

Improper Privilege Management Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.16.6-1

Severity

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